Ballet/Jazz/Historical
Social Dance/Career Skills/ Chair; Linda graduated
from the National Academy of Arts and received her BFA
in
Theatre and
MFA in Choreography/Performance from the University of Illinois and
was a member of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and DanceMoves,
performing under the direction of Ulysses Dove, Anna Sololow among
others. She
is a founder of Aerial Dance Theatre (now known as dANCEpROjECt) and
is currently director of StrikeTime Dance Company (both affliates
of the
Hope Dance
Department). She has received a Michigan Creative Artist Grant, two
National Association of Regional Ballet Monticello Awards, The Grand
Rapids Ballet "Partners in Dance" Award, A Vistiante Distinguido
from the Ciodad de Queretaro, Mexico, the Maggie Allessee New Choreography
Award and the Michigan Dance Association Outstanding Choreography
Award.
She has set works on the Joffrey Ballet, Dayton Contemporary Dance
Company II,
and
the
Grand
Rapids Ballet,
among
others.
In addition to the USA, her choreography has been produced in the
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain, Mexico and France.
She choreographed the opening season of the Emmy Award winning
children's television program "C'mon
Over." She is a member of National Dance Educator's
Organization, The Society for Dance History Scholars, and the Foundation
for Community Dance.